Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Cichlomorphae
Ordo: Cichliformes
Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Haplochromini
Genus: Haplochromis
Species: Haplochromis aelocephalus
Name
Haplochromis aelocephalus Greenwood, 1959
Holotype: BMNH 1958.1.16.244. [Paratypes: BMNH 1958.1.16.215 (1), .216 (1), .217 (1), .218-224 (7), .225-228 (4), .229-231 (3), .232-233 (2), .234-235 (2), .236-242 (7), .243 (1)].
Type locality: Igwe Island, Lake Victoria [Victoria Nyanza], Uganda.
Synonyms
Psammochromis aelocephalus (Greenwood, 1959)
References
Greenwood, P.H. 1959: A revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis species (Pisces, Cichlidae), part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 5(7): 179–218.
van Oijen, M.J.P. 1996: The generic classification of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden), 302: 57–110.
Links
Haplochromis aelocephalus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Haplochromis aelocephalus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Haplochromis aelocephalus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Haplochromis aelocephalus is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Victoria, but has not been seen since 1985. It may be extinct, but is maintained as Critically Endangered by the IUCN in the small chance that a tiny –but currently unknown– population survives.[1] This species can reach a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) SL.[2]
References
Witte, F.; de Zeeuw, M.P.; Brooks, E. (2010). "Haplochromis aelocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T60662A12392272. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T60662A12392272.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Haplochromis aelocephalus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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